Posted by Ross
Fri, 7th Feb 2014
Hi everyone.
Thanks to the hard work of our dedicated team of beta testers, the Steam release of OMG Zombies is fast approaching. How fast? Well, next Thursday, the 13th of February, when we’ll be releasing OMG Zombies for just $4.99!
OMG Zombies is based on OMG HD Zombies (Vita), a massively enhanced remake of the critically acclaimed OMG-Z (PSP), which currently sits in the top 10 PSP games of all time on Metacritic. For those of you who never experienced the simple joys of zombie-popping first time around, the zombie virus in OMG HD Zombies is the result of a virulent fungus that causes its zombified victims to EXPLODE when attacked. That’s pretty cool in itself, but if any infected matter lands on another zombie then they’ll explode too, causing a chain-reaction tsunami of gore! Wise to this, as a highly trained Riot Cop, you’re able to take down hordes of the undead with a single well-placed rifle round.
OMG Zombies features:
- 1000s of zombies! – Each of our 8 zombie classes destroys its fellow walkers in a unique way, from random gunfire to electric shocks!
- 100 levels! – From Redfield City centre to the rural outskirts and a secret military base. Unlock diverging levels depending on your performance.
- 100 Upgrades –Unlock medals to increase your ammo, power up explosive barrels or increase the death effects of zombie classes.
- Show off your Skills – 12 varied trophies to unlock, drawing on all your zombie-slaying skills.
- Prestige Mode – Complete the game to 100% “Platinum” standard to Prestige Mode and receive a Leaderboard multiplier. “Prestige” up to 20 times for truly HUGE scores!
For the Steam release we’ve also added PC-specific features such as resolution settings, Steam leaderboards, mouse/keyboard and gamepad support, trading cards and cloud saving.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week, but until then you can join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+ pages where we will be posting all the news from Laughing Jackal.
Posted by Ross
Thu, 9th Jan 2014
Hi everyone. The beta for the forthcoming Steam version of OMG Zombies has now officially started and we’ve already been getting lots of very useful and positive feedback from the beta team (thanks guys!) However, we are looking to increase the size of the beta team a little further so we’re making a few more places available. If you’re interested in getting your hands on the game early and helping us make the PC port of OMG Zombies as good as it can possibly be, then please do contact us using the form here.
Despite all the hard work that’s currently going into the Steam version of OMG Zombies, fans of our Vita games shouldn’t feel left out as we’re making excellent progress with our firefighting roguelike, Flame Over. The team have been working incredibly hard and from what I’ve seen, the game is looking better than ever, particularly with the incredible amount of detail in the environments. It will undoubtedly be the best thing that Laughing Jackal have produced to date. We’re particularly proud of the flame effects, which not only look really impressive, but also have a very sophisticated model to calculate the spread of fire between objects and rooms, turning small waste paper basket fires into raging infernos if they’re not dealt with promptly.
There’s still plenty of hard work ahead on what’s turning out to be a very ambitious project. But, while we still need to add more functionality, we have reached a huge turning point where Flame Over’s initial environments are fully playable enabling us to start balancing game play – and that’s where the fun really begins!
We’re expecting to have more news on both the PC port of OMG Zombies in the next few weeks and Flame Over later this year, so do please keep your eyes on the blog.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week, but until then you can join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+ pages where we will be posting all the news from Laughing Jackal.
Posted by Ross
Thu, 2nd Jan 2014
Hi everyone. I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year.
Here at Laughing Jackal we’re looking for beta testers for the Steam version of OMG HD Zombies! If you or anyone you know would be interested in helping us test OMG HD Zombies! on Steam, please get in touch with us through the contact form as we will soon be selecting beta testers for this fantastic game.
OMG HD Zombies is an enhanced remake of one of our most popular games, OMG-Z, which currently sits in the top 10 PSP games of all time on Metacritic
That’s all for now. I’ll be back next week, but until then you can join us on our Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google+ pages where we will be posting all the news from Laughing Jackal.
